Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title: triptych print

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Source: British Museum
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Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Scene by a river from the kabuki play 'Onoe Kikugoro ichidai-banashi Go-ju-san' showing the actors Onoe Kikugoro III as Tenjiku (Tokubei) Kanja (left) in a yellow and brown robe holding a sword above his head, Onoe Kikugoro III also as a monk in the water, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tsukimoto Genshu (centre), and Sawamura Sojuro V as Shibaemon (right) leaning on his sword.

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